Sunset Lake Floating Bridge

Built on floating logs all the way back in 1820, upgraded to tarred barrels in 1884, and plastic barrels in 1978, this is actually the seventh version of the bridge, which despite long periods of closure during its lifetime is today open for you to drive your car over if you’re in the area.

Bear in mind that you’re more than likely to get a little wet though, as the bridge was actually designed to be permanently semi-submerged…

one of the only floating bridges in the world, and some nerd is shittin on it 😛 Sorry we aren’t San Francisco with a big honking Golden Gate 😉

but we’re bulding one with a tallll solid section to eliminate the need for a lift span… which is also cool, but you wouldn’t know it I’m sure. So don’t worry, little jimmy, we’ll have your high bridge for you to yell excitedly about when mommy drives you by 😉

I appologize to all for the double post , but bigyaz has a very strong point…. (comment #8). Our lake is also very deep, and has a very muddy, silty bottom as well…. Let’s face it, we don’t have the cleanest lake in the world, haha..

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